Lion City vs Balestier Khalsa Prediction: Expect a lot of goals

At the Jalan Besar Stadium in Kallang, Lion City will face Balestier Khalsa in their first Singapore Cup Group match. We give further details of the match in the paragraphs that follows.

Lion City comes into this match after their last match against Young Lions. The home team won that match by a score of 2-1. In that match, the first half ended in a 0-0. However, the second half was productive, seeing Faris Ramli score twice for Lion City. In their last give matches, Lion City has had two wins, while they lost three others. They scored eleven goals in those matches and conceded eight. Each of their last five matches has ended in at least three goals. 

Balestier Khalsa's performance has been poor. The visitors have just one win, one draw, and three losses in their last five matches. In those matches, they conceded eighteen goals and scored thirteen. In the league standings, they ranked seventh out of eight. They had 24 points in 28 league matches. However, we expect a different energy and performance from them in this match compared to their poor league season performance. This cup presents them the opportunity to be able to win a trophy this season. Hence we can’t but keep our fingers crossed for a good performance.

Matches between these two teams have a lot of goals involved. In their last five matches, only two matches have fewer than five goals being scored. Being a cup competition, this match is not expected to be one with a lot of defensive play. Hence, bet on five goals or more being scored.